As President Trump faces criticism for flip-flopping on a number of issues, the White House has pointed to his focus on results to explain why the president has not always taken the same positions he did as a candidate.

From abandoning a pledge to confront China economically to voicing tentative support for a Federal Reserve chair he previously criticized, Trump’s policy changes this week likely exacerbated fears among his populist supporters that the “America First” agenda is vulnerable in an ideologically divided White House.